







挑得篮里便是菜 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be unpicky”. To take whatever is available; to not be particular. Literally, “Whatever can be picked into the basket is a dish”.

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Open the tool →挑得篮里便是菜 (tiǎo dé lán lǐ biàn shì cài) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be unpicky”.
挑得篮里便是菜 is pronounced tiǎo dé lán lǐ biàn shì cài in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 挑得篮里便是菜 means “Whatever can be picked into the basket is a dish”. It is used to mean “to be unpicky”.
比喻得到一点就行,毫不挑剔。